Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:27:50 -0300 (BRT) | From | Marcelo Tosatti <> | Subject | Re: IEEE-1394 problem on init [ was Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc1 ] |
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Ben Collins wrote:
> > > > The problem you see with the irq disabling around kernel_thread() may > > > > not be there in -pre7, but that's only because the shared data with the > > > > thread was not protected from a race condition that causes an oops in > > > > some not-so-rare cases. > > > > > > I confirm that your patch at least solves the initialisation issues. > > > I'll test later with some ieee devices and I'll report back if I found > > > other issues. > > > > Any news on that, Stelian ? > > > > I guess Ben's mega patch (and yes, I also consider it a megapatch for > > -rc) has to be applied. I just mailed him asking about the possibility > > of getting only fixes in and not the cleanups, but I guess that might be a > > bit hard to do _today_. Right Ben ? > > Yeah, it's pretty hard. I didn't do all these changes with the intent of > it being a 2.4.21 thing, but it definitely dragged on to the point where > I had no choice, and pulling the fixes out of the major work became too > much work. > > > And about the sweet complaints about -pre timing, I will release -pre's > > each damn week for .22. > > If you could just commit patches to the bk repo as you get them, instead > of holding them for a month and dumping them all in at once, it would be > easier to follow things. Instead, we got several huge lumps late in > 2.4.21-pre's. > > Wasn't my intent to bash you, but I will admit that 2.4.21 has been a > pain in my ass because of the cycle :)
I also agree that 2.4.21 was a _too_ long cycle. Very bad thing indeed.
Well, the megapatch is in bk already (together with some other stuff).
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